I think that I need to work to highlight the paradox of authority and progress.

Right now, I don't have any clear plan thatI am attempting to highlight, and
without that plan my essay is kind of a piece of shit. Once I have actually
succeeded in decided what eactly I want to guide my essay around along with how
exactly I am going to tie in each point, I should have a much easier time
revising/writing the TiC. Moving on in terms of what I will be able to type for my
RBA, I think that struting the TiC in terms of the paradox between progress and
authrity (along with highlight the manner in which authrotiy is so often protested)
will help me to focus my overall driving goal on something that is more tangible
and more easily defined. Once I have succeeded in doing that, things should come
much more smoothly, and I hope that my TiC will finally make some sense to me. I
think the theology conversation will be useful, not specifcally as a source for my
RBA, byut more as a source for my TiC. These goals should result in the
clarification of my project and the release of some of the stress that I am
currently feeling in regards to this project. If I can get an outline started
tonight with some of the big ideas, I can then write my paper Thursday night and
revise it on Friday.

What does "this" contribute to our understanding of "this"?